Antonio Smith is an Idiot, and Thinks You're a Bigger Idiot

By now, most NFL fans will have seen the video of Texans defensive lineman Antonio Smith attempting to bash Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito's head in with Incognito's own helmet.  Smith has effectively asked the NFL one of the oldest questions in the arsenal of the defense attorney:  "Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?'

According to Profootballtalk.com, Mark Berman of FOX 26 in Houston is reporting that Smith said he wasn't trying to hit Incognito with the helmet and that he was "disappointed" that he let Incognito "get to (him) in the way that he did.  Any idiot who looks at the video knows what kind of a crap explanation that is.  Smith ripped off Incognito's helmet and then swung it right at his face.  If Incognito hadn't ducked out of the way at the last second, this may have been a potential criminal matter and Incognito's career (if not life) would have been seriously altered or threatened.

Well, this isn't the first time they've gotten into it either.  During the 2012 season, Smith was fined for kicking Incognito.  

Needless to say, Smith is appealing the slap on the wrist he got from the NFL because he didn't mean to almost give Incognito brain damage.  Maybe he should have thought of that before he nearly caved a man's face in.

So, how is this relevant to the Packers?  It's not directly.  I bring it up to note that maybe the dirtiest player in the NFL isn't in the NFC North anymore.  Ndamukong Suh has got to be thankful for that.  We also heard Suh give a similar lame excuse for his stomp of Evan Dietrich-Smith.  If Antonio Smith's crappy defense has any impact on the NFL's ruling, all it would do is empower dirty players like Smith and Suh to keep pulling the same crap and giving the same crappy explanations with non-apology apologies.

The fact is, we all saw what they did.  They should be ashamed.  Their team organizations should be ashamed.  Their fans should be ashamed.  The NFL should be lighting this guys up.  Truly, how much less could the NFL have done to Smith.  Two glorified practices and one game... that's all he has to sit.  I wonder what tune he'd be singing if that helmet had gone where he wanted it to.

Compare that to the 6 regular season game suspension that Von Miller got for violating the league's substance abuse policy (which apparently was negotiated down and will not be appealed), I think the handling of the Smith matter says horrible things about the NFL's priorities.  I'm okay with Miller getting a lengthy suspension, as I am with any cheater, but you can't tell me that a drug offense is worse than Smith's actions this weekend.

Maybe it's not just Antonio Smith that thinks we're all idiots.